Outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease and bluetongue have been recorded in EU countries. As a result, there are high risks of diseases being introduced into Ukraine.
The Main Department of the State Service for Food and Consumer Protection in the Kharkiv region has created a "hotline" to receive calls from citizens of the region in case of suspicions of foot-and-mouth disease or bluetongue in animals. 24/7 and free for citizens.
This number is: +38(099)–092–31–44.
We appeal to animal owners: everyone should be extra careful at this time. Farmers and animal owners should be extremely vigilant and carefully monitor their animals for timely detection of symptoms of the disease. In case of suspicion, immediately contact the "hotline".
Briefly about foot-and-mouth disease. The disease manifests itself with fever, vesicular lesions of the oral cavity, corolla, and in cows, the udder, and young animals die asymptomatically. Foot-and-mouth disease affects a wide range of animals: cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, camels, buffaloes, yaks, deer, roe deer, gazelles, saigas, aurochs, elk, wild boars, antelopes, zebras, elephants, bears, and other ungulates.
Briefly about bluetang. Clinical signs of bluetongue include: fever, drooling, lip swelling, inflammatory-necrotic lesions of the oral cavity, cyanosis of the tongue, conjunctivitis, redness and gangrene of the teats, abortions. Bluetongue affects sheep, goats, white-tailed deer, buffalo, antelope, elk, and other ruminants.
We remind you that at an extraordinary meeting of the State Veterinary and Phytosanitary Committee under the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, additional veterinary and sanitary measures were adopted to prevent the introduction of foot-and-mouth disease and bluetongue viruses into the territory of Ukraine. These include strict adherence to biosecurity measures on farms, movement of animals only with accompanying veterinary documents, etc.